Super Best Audio Friends

  1. Lobby

    General sub-forum area. New members must read the stickied posts in the Tales from the Bully Pulpit sub-forum before posting.

    1. Tales from the Bully Pulpit

      Must read stuff and important announcements.
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      1. How to Win Friends and Influence People

      2. Ambiophonics

      Latest: Donations to SuperBAF Syzygy Aug 16, 2018 at 10:00 PM
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    2. General Audio Discussion

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      1. Advice Threads

      2. Leaderboard, Overboard, and Deals

      Latest: Looking for some unique sounding closed-backs, AEON Closed? dropadred Aug 19, 2018 at 1:44 AM
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    3. Music and Recordings

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      1. Music and Recordings (vinyl , 8-track, etc.)

      Latest: Indie/Alternative Thread! PTS Aug 19, 2018 at 1:49 AM
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    4. The Meeting Place

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      Latest: DC Area Meet - August 18th, 2018 Silverion77 Aug 11, 2018
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    5. Audio Science

      Discussion of blind testing, psychoacoustics, and measurement techniques. Also, preliminary, research, and exploratory measurements should generally be posted here unless the results of your measurement rigs have been established and well known. This is to prevent confusion and difficulty in comparing one measurement with another. Excessive insistence on only very difficult to implement double blind testing results in an automatic one week ban or worse.
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      1. Blind Testing and Psychoacoustics

      2. Measurement Techniques Discussion

      Latest: Dekoni HD6XX ear pads MF_Kitten Aug 11, 2018
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    6. All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out

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      Latest: LF: Marv's Philharmonic AAM Cspirou May 7, 2018
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  2. Personal Audio Gear Discussion

    Personal audio gear reviews , subjective impressions, thoughts, and questions about gear. Any post with a measurement should go in the measurements section below.

    1. Headphones

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      Latest: HiFiMan HE-560 V2 Kattefjaes Aug 19, 2018 at 3:13 AM
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    2. Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units

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      Latest: Massdrop x Eddie Current ZDT Jr. (Official Thread) kloen Aug 19, 2018 at 2:09 AM
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    3. IEMs and Portable Gear

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      Latest: shotgunshane’s IEM (custom and universal) recommendations, favorites and classics Poleepkwa Aug 18, 2018 at 10:48 PM
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    4. Modifications and Tweaks

      Mods, tweaks, cables, power conditioning, etc.
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      Latest: How to remove the mesh/shield/screen of the HD800... AudioFriend Aug 10, 2018
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  3. Source Gear Discussion

    1. Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers

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      Latest: Massdrop x Grace Design Standard DAC SDAC Cspirou Aug 18, 2018 at 9:30 PM
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    2. Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools

      Players, streamers, operating systems, settings, tagging, etc.
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      Latest: Audirvana Plus 3 - Released Screwdriver Jul 31, 2018
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    3. Vinyl Nutjob World: Turntable and Related Gear

      Anything related to vinyl playback, turntables, cartridges, phonostages, setup, discussions, measurements, etc.
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      Latest: Hi Resolution Vinyl bixby Aug 16, 2018 at 5:17 PM
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  4. Two Channel Gear Discussion

    1. Preamps

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      Latest: Schiit Freya Preamp Review (Episodic) mscott58 Aug 13, 2018 at 5:33 AM
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    2. Power Amps

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      Latest: Solid-State Power Amp Adventures rlow Aug 5, 2018
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    3. Speakers

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      Latest: Speaker porn 9suns Aug 16, 2018 at 2:22 PM
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  5. Measurements (plus subjective impressions)

    Measurements with subjective impressions. Hands, Marv, Ultrabike, AtomicBob, Sorrodje, and cskippy. Unless your measurements have been sanctioned, please post them in the "Gear Measurements (unsanctioned) sub-forum. To is to prevent confusion as different measurement setups will have different results. Note that Hands' coupler has pinna, which will bump up the 2-3.5kHz region a little bit.

    1. Headphone Measurements

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      Latest: Verum Audio - Exciting high performance DIY planar MF_Kitten Aug 17, 2018 at 3:22 PM
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    2. IEM Measurements

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      1. IEM Measurements - La Cenric's IEM Playhouse

      Latest: VSonic GR07X julian67 Jul 31, 2018
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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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      Latest: mcth 28V LPS and SMPS technical measurements zhouharvey Jul 19, 2018
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    4. Source Measurements

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      Latest: Airist R2-R DAC Measurements Magnetostatic_Tubephile Aug 11, 2018
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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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      Latest: Riva Turbo X Review (mini) and Measurements Armaegis Jul 25, 2018
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    6. Measurement Setups, Systems, and Standards

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      Latest: Comparison of several audio analysis systems - technical measurements atomicbob Jul 14, 2018
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  6. SuperBAF Special Sub-Forums

    Some of these sub-forums may be restricted to Friends or Contributors. Of course if you can't see it, then it doesn't exist.

    1. EU Forum

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      Latest: European friends listing iFi audio Jul 24, 2018
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    2. Loaner Programs

      Loaner program logistics only. Impressions should be in their respective gear category subforums.
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      1. Closed Loaners

      2. Loaner Requests

      Latest: Loaner: iFi xDSD jexby Aug 18, 2018 at 5:41 PM
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    3. SBAF Blogs

      Please don't start a random blog in this sub-forum. This sub-forum is reserved for VIPs.
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      Latest: 3 'n the Mornin' Part Two [MF's haunt] Deep Funk May 18, 2018
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    4. DIY

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      Latest: Sallen-Key op-amps or alternatives murphythecat Aug 16, 2018 at 7:33 AM
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    5. For Sale

      HF is probably a better place to reach people for selling most stuff. We reach the same kinds of people as HF, but HF gets 7,000,000 sessions and 35,000,000 pageviews per month. We are about 1000 times smaller and the members here are much more selective in what they purchase.
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      1. Closed (Archived) Sales

      2. Buyer and Seller Feedback (Negative)

      Latest: The Earphone Tip Exchange gixxerwimp Aug 19, 2018 at 12:14 AM
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  7. Non-Audio Stuff

    1. Random Thoughts

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      1. City Guides

      2. Birthdays

      3. Health

      Latest: Pics of your pet LetMeBeFrank Aug 18, 2018 at 9:13 PM
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    2. Outdoor World

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      Latest: The nearby park Thad E Ginathom Aug 19, 2018 at 3:15 AM
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    3. Geek Cave: Computers, Tablets, HT, Phones, Games

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      1. Lego and Other Building Bricks

      2. Clash of Clans

      Latest: Videogame Discussion Thread LetMeBeFrank Aug 17, 2018 at 1:51 PM
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    4. Food and Drink

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      Latest: The Knife Thread GoodEnoughGear Aug 12, 2018
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    5. Musicians and Instruments

      SHow off your musical instruments and post what instruments you have and your musical accomplishments! Even if you play an instrument just as a hobby, please post your pics and descriptions!
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      Latest: The music we make E_Schaaf Aug 5, 2018
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    6. Photography and Cameras

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      Latest: Fuji XT2 XT20 questions and advice? purr1n Aug 1, 2018
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    7. Cars, Motorcycles, Boats, Airplanes Talk

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      Latest: General Auto Chat Kernel Kurtz Aug 17, 2018 at 2:47 PM
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  8. Industry Sub-Forums

    1. Product Announcements

      MoTs: Please introduce yourselves first before posting.
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      Latest: Best DIY Project Headphones of the World cskippy Aug 17, 2018 at 12:23 PM
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    2. Schiit

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      Latest: The Mike Moffat (#2 at Schiit) Blog Ice-man Aug 4, 2018
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    3. The Source Audio Video Design Group (TSAV)

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      Latest: The Source AV Saturday Specials netforce Jul 31, 2018
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    4. Eddie Current

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      Latest: EC Aficionado (was: The Studio Jr.) Mark W Aug 15, 2018 at 1:33 AM
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